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which Cafe, they mould hot be fown 

 till February ; becaufe if the Seeds 

 receive mucn Damp in the Winter, 

 they will rot ; and if the Plants 

 fhould come up at that Seafon, it 

 will be very difficult to prefcrve 

 them till the Spring ; fo thatwhn 

 thefe Seeds come to England, pretty 

 early in the Spring, it is by much 

 the belt time; becaufe the Plants 

 come up eariy, and will have time 

 to get Strength, before the cold 

 Weather comes on in Autumn. 



If thefe Plants are kept in the 

 13ark-ftove, and carefully managed, 

 they will make great Progrefs ; but 

 in vvarm Weather ihey mould have - 

 plenty of frtfli Air admitted to them ; 

 for when the Air i? excluded from 

 them too much, they are apt to 

 grow fickiy ; when they wilt foon 

 be attacked by Vermin, which will 

 mukiply and fpread over the- whole 

 Surface of the Leaves, and caufe 

 them to decay: but if the Plants are 

 caretully managed, their Leaves will 

 continue green all the Winter, and 

 make a very good Appearance in 

 the Stove at that Seafon. 



There are feme of thefe Plants in 

 'England, which are upward of [we ve 

 Feet high, and have prod ue'd Flowers; 

 fo that they may probably produce 

 Pruit here. As thefe Plants advance 

 in their Growth, they become more 

 hardy, and-ihould have a greater 

 Shar'j of Air admitted to them, efpe- 

 cialiy in the Summer : but tnere 

 fhould be great Care taken, not to 

 let them remain in the Bark-bed too 

 long unremoved ; becaufe they are 

 very apt to root thro' the Holes of 

 the Pots into the Tan ; and then 

 thefe Roots will be torn off, when- 

 ever the Pots are removed, and the 

 Plants feldom furvive this ; and 

 when t^ey do, it is generally a long 

 time before they perfectly recover 

 their former Vigour. Thefe Plants, 



when young, will require to be 

 kept in the fame Degree of Warmth 

 with the Ararat; but as they get 

 more Strength, they will thrive with 

 lefs Warmth. 



The Virginia Sort may be planted 

 abroad, in a warm {Inhered Situa- 

 tion, when the Plants have acquired 

 fome. Strength, where they will en- 

 dure the Cold of our ordinary Win- 

 ters very well. 



GUAZUMA,Ba£a/d Cedar tree, 

 vulgo. 



The Char r ders are; 



It hath a regular Flower confining 

 of five Leaves, which arc hollowed 

 like a Spcon at their Bajs ; but at 

 their Fops are divided into two Parts, 

 like a Fork : the Flower-cup ccn/ifis 

 of three Leaves, from whence arifes 

 tie Point id, which afterward be- 

 comes a roundifb war ted Fruit, which 

 has five Cells inch fug many Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Guazuma arbor ulmifoiia, 

 firttSu ex purpura nigra. Plum. Nov. 

 Gen. The baitard Cedar- tree, vulgo. 



2. Guazuma frutex cbamsi dry- 

 folicj fKXiclu lanuginofo, major. Plum. 

 Nov. Gin. Shrubby Guazuma, with 

 a Ground-pine-leaf, and a larger 

 woolly Fruit. 



3 . Guazuma frutex chamadry- 

 fclia, fjuclu lanvginojo, minor. Plum. 

 Nov. Gen. Shrubby Guazuma, with 

 a Ground - pine - leaf, and a lciTer 

 woolly Fruit. 



The -firfl Sort grows plentifully 

 in the Lew-lands in Jamaica, where 

 it riles to the Height of forty or 

 fifty Feet, and has a large Trunk. 

 The Timber of this Tree is cut into. 

 Staves for Calks of all Sorts, and 

 ufed for many other Purpofes. The 

 Fruit is eaten by Cattle as it falls 

 from the Trees, and is eiteemed very 

 good to fatten them ; fo that the 

 Planters often leave thefe Trees 

 ftanding in their Savannas, when 



they 



